Raritan Expands Capabilities For Managing Blade Servers

Raritan has expanded its capabilities for managing blade servers, including blade servers from IBM, HP and Dell, so that data centre blade and rack-mounted servers can be managed efficiently through a single easy-to-use interface.

The new software release for the Dominion KX II – Raritan’s KVM-over-IP switch – presents a more complete view of the data centre by including all types of servers in a hierarchical display, and provides extensive server access options and a rich suite of management features.

Dominion KX II provides blade access and management without requiring the use, and expense, of a separate management system. The KX II automatically discovers blades and provides server access at the rack or remotely from the office, home or on-the-road using secure in-band and/or out-of-band access methods.

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By identifying blade servers with name and/ or slot number, the KX II enables one-click user access – eliminating the need to use complex and sometimes non-intuitive hot-key switching sequences provided by blade manufacturers. The KX II’s Universal Virtual Media feature enables remote installation of software, file transfers, data backup and diagnostics. When used with Raritan’s power management products, the Dominion KX II can remotely control a server’s power.

By accessing a blade’s management module, the server’s advanced management and administration capabilities are leveraged by the Dominion KX II. This includes automated blade discovery, dynamic blade server status, and secure blade switching.

Dominion KX II and CommandCentre Secure Gateway for Enterprises

For enterprise customers, the CommandCentre Secure Gateway (CC-SG) management system expands the capabilities of the Dominion KX II solution. CC-SG integrates multiple Dominion KX II switches and connected servers to provide consolidated discovery, access and control, power management and auditing of all elements of an IT infrastructure – including virtual servers, physical servers (blade and rack servers), networking equipment, and power devices. Accessed by logging onto a single IP address, CC-SG eliminates time-consuming multiple logins and the need to open multiple interfaces in order to reach a specific server or group of servers.

CC-SG provides multiple views of blade servers, including a device view that shows blade servers organised by chassis. Custom views enable customers to view and organise blade servers by a variety of dimensions, such as site, rack, application or organisation.

Customers also can choose the type of access most useful to them for the task at hand by leveraging CC-SG’s in-band access to individual blade servers, as well as embedded KVM access (via iLo, DRAC or RSA).

CC-SG is an especially helpful tool for managing dynamic virtualised environments. To deliver accurate, real-time IT infrastructure views, CC-SG keeps tabs on the migration of data between virtual and physical machines.